Display tray and case.



DISPLAY TRAY AND cass.-

vSlIECJIFIIC,A11-0N forming part of Patent Nm 714,427, dated November25, 1902.

a appresso-.l and member 31,1961. serial In. 37,956. (nu model.)

,To JZ rch-om, it muy concern.:

Beit known that I, EDWARD F. WINTERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas'and State of Ohio, haveinvented a useful and new and original Invention in Display Trays andCase-s; and

I' do hereby decla-rethe following to be a full,

clear, and exact' description of the saine, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to display-cases, and more particularly to .aArack provided with meansl for containing a supply of the articlesdisplayed and means for retaining a sample in au `exposed place.

The object in view is the construction ofa 4display-case` made yup of aseries of super- `posed compartments, each provided Withan .exposedface, set upon a diagonal plane at izo an acute angle to the plane ofthe rear wall of. the receptacle, whereby the exposed face may ne the:nore readily seen than when a sehso riesof the snpcrposed receptaclesis held ina vertical position.

`Thefurther object of the invention is to provide a display-case formedwith a front `faeehaving; a depression therein, the de pression beingadapted to contain a sample of the articles held within the receptacle,and means for retaining a sample within the said depression.

lViththese and :other objects in vieu the .n invention consists incertain novel construc tions, combinations. and arrangements of' parts,as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed. a l 4 In theaccompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view, of aportion of .broken aivay for the saving of space. g represents alongitudinal transverse section displaycase embodying the features ofthe present invention, parts of the case being Fig. E?

through same. l Y

The present invention involves the con struction of a display-casedesigned to be used l in stores or other places lWhere the saving of ispace isa material objeetfand the const-ruction ofthe present case isSuch that a series of receptacles may be arranged for contain-A ingarticles -to be sold, each provided vwith meansforexposing a sample ofthe article i contained," the facesof which receptacle car.

the case as well as ata distance from the same,\vhereby a. person behinda counter may look upward and see all of the articles displayed withoutthe necessity of leaving his 6o position and passing across the room inorder to clearly see the samples upon the boxes, as

is now commonly necessary from the present form of cases employed. Itisalso observed thatthe samples in the common form of dis- 65 play boxesare`exposed .to the' atmosphere and soon become Shop worn,andnorf' derto obviate this difficulty and to attain thedesired results suggestedabove as Well as acquire other valuable functions herein- 7o aftermentioned I employ, preferably, a "er` ticallyarranged 'rear wall, as 1,carrying 'a' series of superpos'ed boxes or containingreceptacles, as:2, of any preferred forni and i size. Each of the boxes f2 is formedwith a 7 5 front face, as 3, set diagonally at an acute angle to thevertical plane of wall 1, each of the faces 3 being formed withardepression or cut-away portion, as 4, of any'pref ferr-ed size andshape, the upper edge of 8o the face or front wall 3 being slottedlongi'"A i tudinally, as at 5, for permitting the passage therethroughof tho plate of glass or transparent material, as G, which glass inopera.

tion restsvin a suitable groove, as 7, in the 85 wall 3 at the lower endof depression 4 and may be held in position within similarI grooves-.

at the side edges of said depression, it being apparent that said platemay be removed and replaced at will by being passed through 9c.

the slot 5.

In operation the wall 1 is arranged. in a vertical position, receptacles2 are filled with any desired articles, and a sample of thesame isplaced in the respective depression 4 and 95 the plate 6 is ypassed downover the same for inclos'ing it and preventing the injurious effects ofexposure to the atmosphere.A

It willof course be apparent that the front face o'f wall 3 of each ofthe receptacles 2 may 'rco be made in two parts 'for forming thecompartment 4 instead of being made of 'one piece as a depression orcut-away portion. Y

of material and the said compartment formed Of course, as clearlyillustrated-in Fig. 1,.

I contemplate employing as many of the receptaeles as. may be desiredextending in the same horizontal plane and also as many snperposed'tiers may be preferred. A

, Having Vthus fully described my invention,

or rows of v'receptacles 'as what I elaim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is In a 'displa vcase,` the combination with a,suitable rear wail, of a, contziiningeceptacle mounted thereon havingrafrontface provided with a depression or ent-away portion designed toeontain al'. ar icle, a slot vbeing signature in presence ofv twoWitnesses. 1 f f;

EDWARD 1,1 WINTERS.

Witnesses: Y

eA. J. CRULL,

T. R. ATEN'.

